genus Fossa

genus Fossa
noun
monotypic genus of Madagascar civets closely related to palm civets
Syn: ↑Fossa
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Viverridae, ↑family Viverridae, ↑Viverrinae, ↑family Viverrinae
Member Meronyms: ↑fanaloka, ↑Fossa fossa

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